JS on Foreign Carrier
 

Looking to take a KAL flight in a few days. My question is, can a JS request replace a ZED fare? IOW, save me the +/- $100 for the flight? The only other time I tried to do this, I spun my wheels trying to explain to the agent what I was asking until I just went ahead and bought the ZED. Any tips on how to do this? Not a big deal if I have to buy the pass- just thought I'd ask if there's something I'm missing that would save me the $. Thanks.

No, foreign carriers don't do JS.
Get the pass and enjoy the ride.
(A few rare exceptions, but you have to know somebody local to get those)

I haven't seen any official or consistency to foreign carrier JS except Canada. Some will let you sit in a JS but still need a Zed or something to get onboard.

You. Can give it a shot at first but I'd have the ZED. You are getting a flight to Korea for like 100 bucks.

Very unlikely to get a J/S on a foreign carrier. They usually only use it for training/checking. The whole "commute to work or pleasure" on the J/S scenario is foreign to them.

Jump seating doesn't exist in Asia. You will get the 1000 mile stare if you even say the word Jumpseat.

There is no jumpseat privilege in any carrier in Asia (AFAIK)

Commute to work is usually done on a confirmed (or upgradable) business class seat if you are on a commute contract and for the local guys, they get a number of passes that they can use to get on flights on their own time or simply commuting on domestic.

But occupying the jumpseat itself is only done for training and checking events.

Ha! I knew I'd get the comment on how I shouldn't complain about paying for the ZED. Yes, I agree- a great value. Still, why pay for it if you don't have to? To clarify, I thought someone had said cabin class jumpseating (as opposed to the actual) was possible. Sounds like that's not the case, and I won't lose any sleep over buying the pass.

As was mentioned before, jumpseating in the form we have in North America is virtually unheard of overseas. Some carriers will let you ride in FA or Cockpit jumpseats if there are no seats left in the cabin but only if you have a zed or some kind of pass already (think of it as an extra seat they may allow you to use). Generally speaking though, this is more common in Europe as I am unaware of this happening in Asia....Good luck!

You may be better off looking at Jumpseating on a cargo carrier. UPS, FedEx, and Atlas or Kalitta all have service to Asia from their hubs and ANC. No flight attendants, but you have the run of the cabin and galley. There are usually between 4 to 16 business or first class seats for deadheading crew. Its generally a much nicer way to fly long haul, but you can't bring family with you, if that's a consideration.

UPS and FedEx don't allow OAL jumpseats internationally. Atlas does, and you can list online on ID90 with the same login used for Frontier listings.